Teen charged in shooting death of LeMoyne-Owen College student

Updated: Nov 7, 2017 - 9:23 AM

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Teen charged in shooting death of LeMoyne-Owen College student

A 17-year-old murder suspect accused of killing a Memphis college student will appear in Shelby County Juvenile Court Tuesday afternoon, as Memphis police look for a second person involved in the crime.

Jaylen Clayton, 17, was charged in the shooting death of 18-year-old Kiara Tatum. The Lemoyne-Owen College student and recent Sheffield High School grad was shot during a drive-by shooting on New Year’s Day.

Witnesses told police two men in a white car drove by the house and stopped about 100 feet away at the intersection of Danville Rd. and Aloha Ave. That’s when witnesses said the gunmen opened fire, putting a crowd of people in the front yard of a home in danger.

Tatum was shot, and was dead by the time emergency responders got to the scene.

Family members, friends and neighbors remembered the teen at a vigil Monday night. Her grandmother, Thelma Ellis, told FOX13 Tatum wanted to be a nurse.